https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:44:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/solo-indie-developer-considering-halting-retro-japanese-railway-sim-inspired-project-amidst-copycat-accusations-in-japan/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/solo-indie-developer-considering-halting-retro-japanese-railway-sim-inspired-project-amidst-copycat-accusations-in-japan/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:44:05 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68478 Solo dev Barely Making Games recently announced that they are considering halting the development of Retro Rail GO!, following backlash.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/solo-indie-developer-considering-halting-retro-japanese-railway-sim-inspired-project-amidst-copycat-accusations-in-japan/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-prison-guard-visual-novel-that-lets-you-execute-a-dragon-girl-death-row-inmate-with-a-giant-red-button-sells-over-10000-copies-on-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-prison-guard-visual-novel-that-lets-you-execute-a-dragon-girl-death-row-inmate-with-a-giant-red-button-sells-over-10000-copies-on-steam/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68304 Indigo Ingots and Starlit Chronicles Studio's controversial visual novel 5omeday has surpassed 10,000 copies sold. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-prison-guard-visual-novel-that-lets-you-execute-a-dragon-girl-death-row-inmate-with-a-giant-red-button-sells-over-10000-copies-on-steam/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/robot-hospice-heartwarming-japanese-indie-game-where-you-provide-end-of-life-care-for-five-terminally-ill-robots-releases-for-free-on-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/robot-hospice-heartwarming-japanese-indie-game-where-you-provide-end-of-life-care-for-five-terminally-ill-robots-releases-for-free-on-steam/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68244 Japanese indie game circle Buttercup Garden's 2D pixel-styled indie game Robot Hospice has just released for free on Steam.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/robot-hospice-heartwarming-japanese-indie-game-where-you-provide-end-of-life-care-for-five-terminally-ill-robots-releases-for-free-on-steam/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/godot-engines-key-figures-answer-a-developers-questions-about-everything-from-console-porting-and-user-support-to-ai-and-the-engines-future/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/godot-engines-key-figures-answer-a-developers-questions-about-everything-from-console-porting-and-user-support-to-ai-and-the-engines-future/#respond Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:04:47 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68223 A Godot developer interviews W4 Games for AUTOMATON, discussing topics like console porting, user support, AI, and the engine’s future.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/godot-engines-key-figures-answer-a-developers-questions-about-everything-from-console-porting-and-user-support-to-ai-and-the-engines-future/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=68202 Developed by solo-creator Comet Moth, Rabbit Circle is a horror adventure game following the strange story of 5 runaway girls.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-hand-drawn-psychological-horror-rabbit-circle-lets-you-join-a-club-of-runaway-girls-looping-through-surreal-manifestations-of-their-deepest-traumas/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:36:41 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67551 Acacia, the studio behind Magical Girl Witch Trials, just unveiled the Steam page for their new game, Magical Girl Taboo village.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:20:13 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518 TECOPARK announced on Jun 1 that it would stop distributing Pico Park: Classic Edition via Steam in the near future. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/feed/ 5 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67368 AUTOMATON interview with the representative of Vampire K.K, the publisher of vampire gay bar management sim Sodomy Fatale. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67360 Our BitSummit demo impressions of the hand-drawn Japanese indie puzzle adventure game Mekururi: Dizzying Witch.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67303 Japanese indie developer TomozoP talks about how he overcame a long creator's block during the development of The Strongest TOFU.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67235 At this year's BitSummit, we got to try out the delicious fantasy survival action RPG Abyss Kitchen, developed by Pico Games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-creators-cute-but-mind-eroding-horror-adventure-nightmare-journey-1135-challenges-you-to-escape-an-endless-twisted-dream/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-creators-cute-but-mind-eroding-horror-adventure-nightmare-journey-1135-challenges-you-to-escape-an-endless-twisted-dream/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66973 Japanese indie horror adventure game Nightmare Journey 1135 is scheduled to release on Steam in 2027.]]> 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